Completed Anime
Infinite Stratos

“Only male IS pilot Ichika trains at all-girls academy with childhood friends and international rivals under sister's guidance.”

Infinite Stratos

6.6
7,042 rank · 673,787 viewers · 2,341 favorites
Action Comedy Romance Sci-Fi Ecchi Harem School
12 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Winter 2011 · 8bit · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Only male IS pilot Ichika trains at all-girls academy with childhood friends and international rivals under sister's guidance.

An exoskeleton weapon engineered by Japan, Infinite Stratos (IS) can be piloted only by women. Its power and combat prowess are so immense that an international treaty has been signed banning its use as a military asset. When it is discovered that 15-year-old Ichika Orimura is the only male capable of steering an IS, he is forcibly enrolled in the Infinite Stratos Academy: an all-female boarding school, the students of which graduate to become IS pilots. At this training school, Ichika is reunited with two of his childhood friends, Houki Shinonono and Lingyin Huang, and befriends Cecilia Alcott, an IS representative from the United Kingdom. Guided by the legendary pilot Chifuyu Orimura—their strict homeroom teacher and Ichika's older sister—Ichika and the girls will need to use everything at their disposal to defend themselves and their academy against the dangers that will arise during the course of their thrilling school life.

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6.4 /10

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74% recommend
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median 7 mode 7 σ 2.24
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5.4 pts

Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.6

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A Tv Production · Winter 2011

8bit.
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Lantis · Media Factory

  • Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2011 – Apr 2011 Winter 2011
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-5602 catalog

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